Search Results: keywords:"budget appropriation"

  • S. 5460 — To modify the Precision Medicine for Veterans Initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:804

    The Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2024 aims to enhance the Precision Medicine for Veterans Initiative by expanding research to include issues such as repetitive low-level blast exposure and dementia. It mandates the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct various...

    Simple Explanation

    The Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2024 is a plan to help veterans by studying how certain head injuries and conditions like dementia affect them, spending $5 million each year for 10 years to do this research.

  • H. R. 9279 — To direct the Federal Trade Commission to issue regulations with respect to shrinkflation transparency, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:654

    H.R. 9279, the "Shrinkflation Reduction Act," calls for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to create new rules requiring manufacturers to label products that have been downsized due to shrinkflation. These labels should inform consumers when a product has less content but...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 9279 is a plan that asks the government to make rules so that when a company makes a product smaller but keeps the price the same, they have to tell people about it on the label, and there is some money set aside to help manage these new rules.